Leicester City are ready for the start of the new Premier League season after a long pre-season, captain Wes Morgan has insisted.

The central defender said the six-week build-up to the opening game on Friday night at Arsenal had been hard but after final friendly game, a 2-1 win over Borussia Monchengladbach last Friday, the City players are now up to speed and prepared for what they will face at the Emirates Stadium.

“It’s been a long pre-season and it’s always tough,” Morgan told LCFC.com. “I don’t enjoy it but it’s a good feeling when you get through it because you’re fit and ready to go.

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“You’ve got the season ahead to look forward to and everyone’s raring to go. We’ve got our first game this Friday coming and we can’t wait to get started.

“It was a tough game [against Mönchengladbach] and we feel like it’ll be like that against Arsenal – they keep the ball and had a lot of possession and worked the angles.

“They got the first goal so we had to dig deep and had to come back from a goal behind which is never easy, but it’s just good to show character and finish off with a win in pre-season.

“We’re a team that do a lot of defending and like to counter attack, so it’s good to get in your stride and get into the swing of things by knowing your positions, angles and distances.

“That’s important, especially in my position as a defender, but to get a win and a couple of goals as well.”

This has been the first summer for three years that Jamaica international Morgan has been able to take a good summer break before pre-season, and his rest period was extended by an injury at the end of last season which kept him out of the final six games of the season, but the 33-year-old said he was feeling strong ahead of the Arsenal curtain raiser.

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“I missed the last couple of months of the season with my back issue and it was hard to watch from the sideline,” he said.

“It was a good time for me in terms of getting a rest in because previously I didn’t get much rest in because of internationals and playing constantly for Leicester. To have that rest was important and I’ve come back into pre-season feeling good.

“I’ve been managed a little bit through the early stages but getting through it was the main thing. I’ve gotten stronger and stronger each week.

“Touch wood there won’t be a reoccurrence of the injury so I feel strong, ready to go and can’t wait to get started.”